. For items not addressed inthese instructions, please refer to the last issue of your conference’s proceedings or your Publications chair.

Preparing your Electronic Paper

Prepare your paper in full-size format, on US letter paper (8½ by 11 inches). For A4 paper, use the A4 settings.

Type Sizes and Typefaces

: Follow the type sizes specified inTable I. As an aid in gauging type size, 1 point is about 0.35mm. The size of the lowercase letter “j” will give the pointsize. Times New Roman is the preferred font.

top = 19mm, bottom = 43mm, side = 13mm. The A4 column width is 88mm (3.45 in). The space between the two columns is 4mm (0.17 in). Paragraphindentation is 3.5 mm (0.14 in).Left- and right-justify your columns. Use tables and figuresto adjust column length. On the last page of your paper, adjustthe lengths of the columns so that they are equal. Useautomatic hyphenation and check spelling. Digitize or pastedown figures.

Fig. 1. Magnetization as a function of applied field. Note how the caption is centered in the column.

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Position figures and tables at the tops and bottoms of columns. Avoid plac ing themin themiddle ofcolumns.Large figures and tables may span across both columns.Figure captions should be centered below the figures; tablecaptions should be cent ered above. Avoid placing fi gures andtablesbefore thei r firstmention inthe text. Use t he abbreviation “Fig. 1,” even at the beginning of a sentence.Figure axis labels are often a source of confusion. Usewordsratherthansymbols. Forexample,write “Magnetization,”or “Magnetizat ion (M)” notjust “M.” Put units in par entheses. Do not labe l axes onlywith units. In the example, write “Magnetization (A/m)” or “Magnetization (A

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).” Do not label axes with a ratio of quantities and units.For example, write “Temperature (K),” not “Temperature/K.”Multiplierscanbeespeciallyconfusing. Write“Magnetization (kA/m)” or “Magnetization (10

atthe beginning of a sentence: “Reference [3] was the first …” Numberfootnotesseparatelyin supe rscripts. Placethe actual footnote at the bottom of the column in which it wascited. Do notput footnotesin thereferencelist. Use lett ers for table footnotes (see Table I).

IEEE Transactions

no longer use a journal prefi x before the volum e number. For example,use “